Author: Dan Q
Dan Q is a software engineer, a director of a voluntary organisation, a trainee counsellor, a keen geocacher, and an amateur magician. He lives with his partner and her husband in a polyamorous triad, and occasionally finds time to blog.
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This Year’s Election Manifestoes - A Summary
Courtesy of Private Eye, here's a quick summary of the main points from the three big players' manifestoes:
Labour
We're not Conservative.
Conservative
We're not Labour.
Liberal Democrats
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Pixaco
Bookmarked via del.icio.us: Pixaco.
Poster prints from your JPEG 30"x20", £11.99 + £2.20 UK P&P -
9 Songs
Troma Night regulars (plus Sundeep) only invited to an exclusive cinema screening of 9 Songs tonight at 10:30pm. Send me a text message - or meet me on the RockMonkey ChatRoom - for details (times, places, arrangements).
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Barbeque
As Sundeep recalls, last night was fab. We lit a fire and tried to hold back the tide with it; then, just after high tide, it started coming in again, wildly, and threatened to extinguish our fire, so we moved around the coast a little way. But we ate cheeseburgers and waffles and things, and …
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Yay, my underwear from Figleaves turned up today, I have new bras…
Ruth wrote:
Yay, my underwear from Figleaves turned up today, I have new bras which fit. Now my breasts look enormous, which is a bit scary...
Let me see, let me see!
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Sundeep/Katie Burning
As you all know, Bryn's nemesis and everybody's favourite pseudolesbian are having a birthday burning and unchristmas party on the beach tonight. More details here, here, and here (can you tell they've been planning this awhile?).
Anyway; in order to make sure that people know, I'll post this message here: I'll bring all the barbeques you … -
GMail Accounts
People have asked me for GMail invites again, but one of these people's @aber.ac.uk e-mail address doesn't seem to be working, says GMail, so here are some "ready to pick up":
Invite 1 (used) Invite 2 (used) Invite 3 (used) Invite 4 (used) Invite 5 Invite 6 Invite 7 Invite 8 Invite 9 Invite 10 … -
SmartData’s Almost-Free Pens
I've just seen haggling taken to a new level. A marketing company called us up and offered us 100 executive-type pens, branded with our company information, with no commitment to buy. They delivered them, and they're... okay... but they really don't fit the company image. The total value of the pens is £290, and we're …
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Hollywood Pizza And BT Online Billing
If only BT.com online billing provided an XML feed... we could integrate our Hollywood Pizza order call times and lengths into the Troma Night web site.
Probably not a good thing, actually. -
Confusion
Don't you hate it when you can't draw the line in your memory between your dreams and waking life: I'm very hazy on last night, and can't remember whether a conversation took place or if I just dreamt it.
I'm more certain, however, on a nightmare I had last night: Claire and I bought a villa … -
Productive Weekend… Perhaps
This post has been censored at the request of S******. See: all censored posts, all posts censored by request of S******.
Not quite so productive a weekend as I might have hoped, but still - plenty got done. Geek Night on Friday is best described by Ruth. Saturday saw me interviewed by some Theatre, Film & … -
DVI-VGA Adapter
Troma Night tonight could really do with a DVI-VGA adapter, like the one pictured to the right. I have two of them, somewhere. If you were part of the tidy-up squad and you remember seeing it, or if you have one that you can lend to me for the evening, it would be much appreciated.
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Spring: Fun While It Lasted
Umm... it seems to be snowing...
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Frustration
Tried to post from my mobile, but it lost the post. Tried to post a summary from my mobile, but that died too. So here's the short, short version:
Just witnessed frustrating argument. Not least because I felt 'banned' from it. That may be for the best, because if I'd have participated I think Claire would … -
Curry With Alec And Suz
Alec and Suz are visiting Aberystwyth at the moment, in a hunt for a place to live next year and possibly over the summer too. Suz has a final year to go in her degree (having spent this academic year, and the next few months, traipsing around Europe as part of her course), and Alec …